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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 9, 2023 Page 13 Councilmember Schroeder asked what has been found regarding the benefits side of this. Ms. Davis explained benefits are trickier to roll into the wage amount because it can be difficult to quantify, even health insurance. There is a cost for health insurance, but the value of the plan varies so much. Premiums in an organization the size of Roseville are based on underwriting and claims history. They will be providing how many plans are offered, what is the co-insurance share, how much of the premium are other cities paying, and what types of plans are the other cities offering. She noted paid time off and holiday pay were also looked at and will be summarized in more of a matrix style deliverable. Councilmember Schroeder understands that costs can be different but what the City has employees pay, the percentage or the co-pays, some can be very comparable. She wondered when the Council will have that information. Ms. Davis indicated the Council will have that information by the end of the week. She noted the data is there and it is just a matter of pulling it together and summarizing it. Ms. Davis continued with her presentation on the proposed non-union compensation plan structure. Mayor Roe noted the first step is the hire step,the second step is the 6th month, and the third step is the 12 months, so in the first year, the employee is seeing a fairly substantial step up. He assumed that was fairly commonplace as looking at other comparable cities or entities and systems. Ms. Davis explained candidly what is happening in a lot of cities that do not have accelerated steps, the first twelve months is that they are just hiring people above step one. She thought the City's current structure allowed the City to get the potential employee in the door at step one and maintain the starting step one because they have an opportunity to advance more quickly than in other cities. It is probably a recruiting thing and there was probably a nice advantage to continue that. Councilmember Strahan wondered if once the employee hits step seven, the only thing available is to COLA thereafter. Ms. Davis indicated that was correct. Councilmember Strahan asked how this compares to the outside marketplace. She noted she has not seen too many places that have a significant change in that first year but then from there, there is not a cap on where the employee can go at the end.